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Originally Posted by Asta Kask
But the code is typical for lawless areas. If you can't call the cops then a good defense against being screwed is having a reputation that if someone screws with you they're in a very, very bad place.
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Or places where the law is corrupt, antagonistic, unevenly dispensed, or untrustworthy. French-occupied Sicily or English-occupied Ireland. for instance. Or, arguably, immigrant communities in the U.S. at various times and places. To a certain extant,
omerta is a point of national pride, saying, "we solve our own problems in this community, rather than bringing outsiders in who don't like us and don't understand our culture."
I'd suspect that one could find a very similar code of silence these days in the U.S. Latino immigrant community.
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